It seems to me that books written by administration insiders critical of that administration are hailed as a Great Work of Truth by liberals/Democrats if written by conservatives/Republicans, and hailed by conservatives/Republicans as a Great Work of Truth if written by liberals/Democrats.
An insider book critical of a Republican administration will be met with widespread derision in all conservative media, whether the work has any merit or not, and the former loyal soldier will be vilified by the O'Reilly-Limbaugh-Hume axis that used to sing his praises, or at least accord him the respect due to a loyal soldier. I imagine this holds true for Democratic administration insiders as well (Although the Olbermann-Colmes-Franken axis just doesn't seem to have quite the same oomph), though it's been a while since we've had one so it'd be hard to say for sure.
Many (most) of the blowhards passing judgment will not have read the book, and will cheerfully openly admit this fact.
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